Mother of Donegal sisters who committed suicide speaks out about the pain and hurt

Whats missing here is any cause for the depression that causes suicide........... KIds in America - about 3000 a year of the 8000-9000 who commit suicide annually are known to be gay. Many of the others may have been gay. Other causes are eg they are called whores on public social media, cliques in school etc etc.............. Does anyone remember the Columbine killings of 1999? Many reasons were given for the killings, look up columbine on google-wiki I note that one of the epithets used against the killers were HOmophobic slander...........What could be worse for a couple boys? Surely additional ammunition for the mental breakdown that led them to the mass murder

merefalow: What you say is fine, but you omit reference to the most important players in a bullying case. The bullies--and their parents. What sanctions do parents of bullies face? Instead of dealing with the victims as the problem, we need to deal with the bullies as the problem. And their parents. Instead of calling on schools and teachers to fix this, we need to call the parents to account for what their offspring do.

this is horrendous...hard to fathom this tragic mother..intense sadness going forward how does anyone survive this..? Ask the good Lord to lead her ,and pray,pray.. this feels like more than any individual can take I wish her peace ,somehow...

Helen says it all. The girls no longer suffer and all those left behind struggle, many for a life time. And how will this younger brother cope? If only we could step back in time! We need to review how the community responded to the family after the first incident. Can we learn anything from this to more effectively prevent and intervene in the future?

If the children only knew the devestation they leave behind when they committ suicide they may think twice. How do we expect parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. to deal with something like this? Its so sad that this happens because there is so much help available if only they would ask.

there are no words to comfort these little girls family,but maybe the schools and useless politicoes could put in place something effective to STOP the cruelty and bullying that exists ,not only with young people but where ever this ugly and cowardly evil rears its head.untill some one has experienced it first hand ,even when you are a tough strong person ,it is still hard to combat,muchless someone weak,or a child,some safeguard needs putting into place to alert the people,bosses,teachers,people in charge,of what is going on right beneath thier indiferent noses,this sort of thing is happening all the time.